Experience

Toronto Sun

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• City Editor

  • 2010 - Present

  Bring order to chaos and turn it into a marketable product. Wake up the next day and do it again.As a member of the management team, I'm tasked with directing all daily local news and opinion coverage for both print and web in Canada's largest and busiest market. Plan every aspect of the news-day and partner with leadership on weekend features and long-term projects.Ensure newspaper and website deliver solid balance of stories, columns, photos and videos – as well as a compelling front page – on topics such as GTA crime and courts, Toronto City Hall, GTA municipal politics and transit, Queen's Park, national and international stories and opinion. Ensure breaking news stories, photos and videos are immediately posted online, and that stories are constantly updated so that torontosun.com is kept current throughout the day.Lead role in determining the placement of stories, columns and photos for the daily print Toronto Sun edition.Managing all content providers: reporters, columnists and photographers and videographers. This includes assigning stories, videos, photo galleries and graphics.In charge of compiling the world's news: Evaluating and selecting from the hundreds of world stories that break every day. Up-to-the minute monitoring from wire services including Canadian and Associated Press, Bloomberg and the Washington Post to assemble content from across Canada, the U.S. and the world. Oversee multi-media journalists to create viral content from local, national and international stories to best represent the Toronto Sun voice and brand.Collaborate directly with editor-in-chief, deputy editor, night editor, copy editors, graphic designers and layout editors responsible for the print version of the Toronto Sun, as well as overseeing the supervising of city desk, web and video editors. Actively monitor social media including tweeting regularly.Represent the culture of the Toronto Sun and understand and uphold the Sun brand. Show less

• Associate City Editor

  • 2008 - 2010

  Assistant city editor duties expanded into a management role.Played key role in direction of the Sunday Sun, Sun Media's flagship paper.

• Assistant City Editor

  • 2005 - 2008

  Assisted in assigning and ongoing direction of local news coverage including transit stories, crime, courts, municipal and provincial politics.Copy editor for web and print, vetting content to ensure it is compelling, yet fair and balanced.

• Crime Reporter

  • 1996 - 2005

  Covered crime and emergency-services beat in Canada's largest city including Police Services Board, City Hall, TTC and Provincial Courts.Winner of a dozen awards for breaking news coverage, human interest reporting and feature writing.

• Reporter - General Assignment

  • 1994 - 1996

  Reported on all aspects of city and GTA news.